The Impact of the Dialogue and Discussion Strategy for Teaching English Speaking Language on Improving Higher Order Thinking of the First Secondary Class Students in Jordan

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English teacher Ministry of Education - Jordan

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        The present study aimed to investigate the impact of the dialogue and discussion strategy for teaching English speaking language on improving higher order thinking of the first secondary class students in Jordan. The study was conducted on (46) students of the first secondary class at Wadi Al-Seer secondary girl's school. The school was intentionally chosen, whereas two sections of the first secondary class were randomly chosen. The first section consisted of 24students was classified as an experimental group, whereas the second section consisted of (22) students was classified as a control group. The experimental group was taught speaking skill through using the dialogue and discussion strategy while the control group was taught via the conventional method .The researcher used an instrument which she had prepared it is: higher order thinking skills test, which is an assay test consisting of 20 thinking tasks in the context of the English Language. The results of the study revealed that there is a statistically significant difference at the (α = 0.05) between the two means for the performance of the participants in the English language higher order thinking skills as well as the four skills. This result is ascribed to the teaching strategy used for students in the experimental group.

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Volume 78, Issue 78 - Serial Number 78
مناهج وطرق التدریس ( اللغة العربیة- الإنجلیزیة – الفرنسیة – الریاضیات – العلوم- الفنون- الاقتصاد المنزلی- التجاری ... )
October 2020
Pages 2513-2541
  • Receive Date: 24 August 2020
  • Revise Date: 17 September 2020
  • Accept Date: 01 October 2020